Thankful
Jonny Lang/Michael McDonald
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Someone standing in the welfare line
Or off the freeway with the hungry sign
Someone stressing, 'bout to lose their mind
I gotta be thankful, thankful
Someone just became a single mother (Could be your daughter)
Someone just lost a sister or brother (Yes, they did)
It's so important that we love each other
And be thankful, thankful
I've gotta take the time to say
That I'm thankful, thankful
For every single breath that I take
I've gotta be thankful, thankful
Someone sitting in a prison cell
Wasting away in a personal hell (Lord, have mercy, yeah)
Everybody got their own story to tell
I've got to be thankful, I'm so very thankful
Man, I used to think I didn't have
Much time (Yeah, but what about now?)
Now I realize just how much I got (Yeah, you blessed me, Lord)
Now every day I'm gonna take the time and start to be
Thankful, thankful, thankful
I could take the time to say now
That I wanna be thankful, thankful
For every little breath that I take
Oh, I've got to be thankful, I gotta be thankful
Any one of these so easily could happen to me
And if it had not been for grace and mercy
Who knows where I'd be, yeah
I've been riding on this rollercoaster ride
Round and round, I've seen the up and downside
And I'm here to tell you that the secret of life
Is being thankful, thankful, thankful, thankful
I've gotta take the time to say (Gotta take the time to say)
I'm so very thankful, thankful (I'm so thankful, so very)
For every little breath that I take
Don't you know I'm thankful, thankful (Don't you know I'm)
Thankful, thankful, thankful, thankful (Thankful, thankful)
I'm thankful, thankful, thankful, thankful (So thankful)
Thankful, thankful (I'm so, I'm so thankful)
For every little breath I take (Every breath I take)
I want to be thankful, thankful (Thankful)
For everything You've done, everything You've done
I, I, ooh, thankful, thankful
Thankful (I didn't come to ask for anything, Lord)
I just wanna say thankful (Lord, I wanna be)
Thankful (Thankful, grateful, thankful)
Be thankful, children
Thankful, thankful